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School board members under current state law can decide whether a district shifts to a four-day week. The legislation would not affect smaller districts in more rural parts of the state.
A separate study of 1,700 parents sponsored by the St. Joseph School District found fewer than half (48%) supported moving to a four-day school week. Unsurprisingly, 75% of students and 66% of ...
The vast majority of the nation’s nearly 100,000 public schools are still on a schedule of Monday through Friday. In fact, more than half of states set a minimum number of school days, which ...
It's too early to see if North College Hill City School District's newly implemented four-day school week is best for kids' academic success, Superintendent Eugene Blalock Jr. said. But just a few ...
Earlier this week, Independence became the largest school district in Missouri — and the first one in the Kansas City area — to adopt a four-day school week. District administrators have ...
Like a growing number of students around the U.S., the Pruente children are on a four-day school schedule, a change instituted this fall by their district in Independence, Missouri.
Twenty-five states have at least one district on a four-day calendar, including Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado, where 20% of schools have shortened their school week.
Louisiana isn’t the only state experimenting with a four-day school week. Approximately 850 districts are on a four-day schedule this year, compared to 650 in 2020. The impact on students (and ...